What is "slitting"

slitting \slit"ting\ (sl[i^]t"t[i^]ng), a. & n. from slit. slitting file. See Illust. (i) of sile. slitting mill.

1. A mill where iron bars or plates are slit into narrow strips, as nail rods, and the like.

2. A machine used by lapidaries for slicing stones, usually by means of a revolving disk, called a slicer, supplied with diamond powder.

   slitting roller, one of a pair of rollers furnished with ribs entering between similar ribs in the other roller, and cutting like shears, -- used in slitting metals.

n. The act by which something is slit. vb. (present participle of slit English)

1. n. a long narrow opening

2. obscene terms for female genitals [syn: cunt, puss, pussy, snatch, twat]

3. a depression scratched or carved into a surface [syn: incision, scratch, prick, dent]

4. a narrow fissure

5. [also: slitting]

1. v. make a clean cut through; "slit her throat" [syn: slice]

2. cut a slit into; "slit the throat of the victim"

3. [also: slitting]

See slit